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Old 08-10-2008, 09:49 AM   #91
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So you are complaining because they brought out a better model? And my point wasn't that the only-in-the-US rule was good, or bad, but that you *knew* the rule and that you *knew* you have no support outside the US!

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Why we are complaining:
For the sake of being able to purchase ePub books and PDF reflow support we have to outlay on the order of $300 compared to people inside the US getting to pay merely $100, because Sony insists on these bizarre international border limitations.
The main benefit of ePub for me would be that I could purchase ebooks where I live, since the Sony Store is bricked off from us. I speak the same language as our US friends (besides "faucet" and "tap" and "gray" and "grey"); I live in a similar society; we have good trading and social relations with the US, including Americans who live and work here - but this silly arrangement is kept to humor lawyers and Sony executives at the expense of us, the international consumer.
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Nate the Great who started the campaign has suggested in another thread holding off. He was working on some other deal for Sony 500 owners.
Can you link this thread?
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27520

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If you are still thinking about taking advantage of this offer, please wait a couple weeks. I'm waiting to hear back from someone about something.

I'm not making any promises, just suggesting that you wait.
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So you are complaining because they brought out a better model? And my point wasn't that the only-in-the-US rule was good, or bad, but that you *knew* the rule and that you *knew* you have no support outside the US!
Do you think we non-US citizens don't know that we *knew*? Ratio and emotion sometimes diverge a bit. You know something could work out badly but you hope it will not. You see a lot of people request a firmware update (which would be available for everyone) and the result is a pocket-money offer. So, a certain amount of disappointment should be understandable.

BTW I would also be disappointed as a US citizen because I tend to use hardware until it starts becoming a pain to use it which is never less than 4 years and I think that firmware support should be available for at least 3 years. According to Wikipedia the PRS-500 was introduced in Sep. 2007 [edit: this is a typo, should read "Sep. 2006"] ... no full 2 years ago. Since there was also the Librie I would not consider the PRS-500 a technology experiment.

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Do you think we non-US citizens don't know that we *knew*? Ratio and emotion sometimes diverge a bit. You know something could work out badly but you hope it will not. You see a lot of people request a firmware update (which would be available for everyone) and the result is a pocket-money offer. So, a certain amount of disappointment should be understandable.

BTW I would also be disappointed as a US citizen because I tend to use hardware until it starts becoming a pain to use it which is never less than 4 years and I think that firmware support should be available for at least 3 years. According to Wikipedia the PRS-500 was introduced in Sep. 2007 ... no full 2 years ago. Since there was also the Librie I would not consider the PRS-500 a technology experiment.

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I understand a slight disappointment, I would love an update with EPUB support for my PRS500 too...but hey, the reader still works just fine so no problem. It should work, without any additional updates, just the way it is now for quite some time.....so it's not a pain to use it, right?
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According to Wikipedia the PRS-500 was introduced in Sep. 2007 ... no full 2 years ago.
The 500 was released in Oct 2006; the 505 in Oct 2007.
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OOPS, typo, I meant Sep 2006 of course. But Oct 2006 makes even less than less than 2 years

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I understand a slight disappointment, I would love an update with EPUB support for my PRS500 too...but hey, the reader still works just fine so no problem. It should work, without any additional updates, just the way it is now for quite some time.....so it's not a pain to use it, right?
Now, after a lengthy learning process on how to deal with pdfs, it's no pain at all to use it. Only this unbeatable standby mode which drains the battery within a week is a thorn in my flesh which could have been healed by a firmware update (or maybe not).

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I ordered mine right away (didn't see the 'hold-off' post until too late) and received it today. Wow! It's gorgeous! Much classier design that the original, imo. And the e-ink display is a lot brighter, the contrast is better than I had thought it was. Glad I waited (because of the credit) but had I known it was this much better of a design, I think I would have bought one much sooner.

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My PRS500's screen was broken, can I do the trade in with Sony still?
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The thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27520 has been closed. Does that mean that whatever Nate was thinking might come through is dead? I'm thinking of getting the red Sony 505 for my wife for an anniversary present, might do the $100 trade-in, might try Ebay, but I was waiting a little to find out why Nate was saying to hold off.
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No. I closed it right away so people wouldn't ask me why they shoudl wait.
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Next time I'm near SonyStyle, I'll stop in and ask if the 500 has to be working. Might not be till Monday or Tuesday.
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Can you upload that user's guide? The one available on support side is still the old one.
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